Lisa Gaddis, Ph.D.

Lisa has expertise in geology and geophysics, planetary science, cartography, data archiving and space mission planning and operations. Her scientific interests include analyzing the composition, physical properties, and geologic history of planetary surfaces in our Solar System by  using remote sensing data at a variety of wavelengths. Since 1992, Lisa has been a NASA Principal Investigator on >25 research projects funded by programs such as Venus Data Analysis, Mars Data Analysis, Lunar Data Analysis, Planetary Geology & Geophysics and Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research.  She also was Principal Investigator of the NASA Planetary Cartography Research Program from 2003 to 2007.

Lisa has been involved in cartography research and planning in Astrogeology since 1995. She currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Mapping and Planetary Spatial Infrastructure Team, an informal NASA advisory group. In partnership with staff at USGS/Astrogeology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Lisa is Principal Investigator for the Cartography and Imaging Sciences (or just "Imaging" or IMG) Node of the NASA Planetary Data System. IMG currently manages ~850 TB of image and ancillary data from 25 planetary missions and is the primary organizer of the Planetary Data Workshop series.

Education

• Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 1987
• Sc.M., Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1981
• A.B., Geology, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1979
• Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA, 1975

Honors

• 1998 NASA Group Achievement Award, Mars Pathfinder Mission
• 2004, 2008 NASA Group Achievement Award, Mars Exploration Rovers Mission
• 2006 USGS Western Region "Excellence in Financial Management" Award
• 2012 Fellow of the Geological Society of America
• 2014 NASA Group Achievement Award, PDS4 Development Team
• 2015 U.S. Department of the Interior Honor Award, Meritorius Service

Research

• Research experience in Planetary Surface Processes (volcanism, impact cratering, aeolian processes), Remote Sensing (quantitative analyses of multispectral and radar data for Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Venus), Planetary Cartography (radiometric, geometric and photometric data processing and analyses), and Data Archiving and Management.
• Active participant in scientific research, cartographic processing, and/or data archiving efforts for several NASA space exploration and terrestrial remote sensing missions.
• Experienced user of GIS and Linux- and Windows-based image processing and data vizualization software.

Missions

Lisa's flight mission experience for NASA includes roles as a Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Athena Science Team Collaborator and a member of the Long-Term Planning Science Theme group, and a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Participating Scientist. For MER, Lisa served as Payload Uplink and Downlink Leads for the Microscopic Imager, Hazcam and Navcam instruments and worked with rover drivers to obtain images supporting the design of safe maneuvers. For the LRO Camera team, Gaddis worked on targeting of lunar volcanic sites and was a primary organizer of the LRO Science Targeting Workshop. Lisa continues to be an active participant in scientific research, cartographic processing, and/or data archiving efforts for several NASA space exploration and terrestrial remote sensing missions, including Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MESSENGER, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Pathfinder, Cassini, Clementine, Galileo SSI, Magellan, SIR-C, SIR-B, AIRSAR, and AVIRIS.

Service

Dr. Gaddis is an active member of NASA review and advisory panels for space science, space exploration, and planetary cartography. She has convened research and planetary data workshops (such as New Views of the Moon 2) and is actively involved in national and international research collaborations, workshops and meetings.  Lisa served as Editor for the Planetary Sciences Section of Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, and she has been Guest Editor of the Icarus Special Issues for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. She served as nomenclature consultant for the Earth's Moon map in the National Geographic Atlas of the World. Currently a Consulting Member of the Lunar Nomenclature Task Group of the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union (Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature), Gaddis also has served as Chair of the Science Council of the Lunar and Planetary Institute of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA, http://www.usra.edu/).  From 2012-2016, Lisa served as a member of the Planetary Sciences Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC).

Education & Public Outreach

As do many Astrogeology scientists and staff, Dr. Gaddis frequently gives public presentations on research topics in earth and planetary science. She particularly enjoys speaking and working with children of all ages, and she gives in-class talks, provides tours of USGS facilities, and serves as judge in local science fairs.

Bibliography

• Bennett, K.A., Briony H.N. Horgan, Lisa R. Gaddis, Benjamin T. Greenhagen, Carlton C. Allen, Paul O. Hayne, James F. Bell III, David A. Paige, 2016, Complex explosive volcanic activity on the Moon within Oppenheimer crater, Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.007, in press.
• Besse, S., J.M. Sunshine and L.R. Gaddis, 2014, Volcanic glass signatures in spectroscopic servey of newly proposed lunar pyroclastic deposits, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 119, 355-372, doi:10.1002/2013JE004537.
• Duke, M.B., L. Gaddis, G.J. Taylor and H.H. Schmitt, 2006, Exploration, utilization, and development of the Moon, in B. Jolliff and M. Wieszorek (eds.), "New Views of the Moon", Rev. Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 60, 597-656.
• Farrand, W.H., L.R. Gaddis, L. Keszthelyi, 2005, Pitted cones and domes on Mars: Observations in Acidalia Planitia and Cydonia Mensae using MOC, THEMIS, and TES data, J. Geophys. Res., 110, E05005 10.1029/2004JE002297.
• Fergason, R.L., L. Gaddis, A.D. Rogers, 2014, Hematite-bearing materials surrounding Candor Mensa in Candor Chasma, Mars: Implications for hematite origin and post-emplacement modification, Icarus, 237, pp. 350-365, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.04.038.
• Gaddis, L.R., 1992, Lava-flow characterization at Pisgah volcanic field, California, with multiparameter imaging radar, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 104, 695-703.
• Gaddis, Lisa R., 1994, Evaluation of an empirical radar backscatter model for predicting backscatter characteristics of geologic units at Pisgah volcanic field, California: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 21, #17, pp. 1803-1806.
• Gaddis, L.R., 2004, The Face of the Moon, in Volcanic Worlds (R.M.C. Lopes, T.K.P. Gregg, eds.), Springer, ISBN 978-3-540-00431-8.
• Gaddis, L.R. and R. Greeley, 1990, Volcanism in NW Ishtar Terra, Venus: Icarus, v. 87, p. 327-338.
• Gaddis, L. and T. Hare, 2015, Status of tools and data for planetary research, Eos, Earth and Space Science News, 96, doi:10.1029/2015EO041125.
• Gaddis, L., T. Hare and R. Beyer, 2012, Progress on archiving, delivering and working with planetary data, Eos, Earth and Space Science News, doi: 10.1029/2012EO450008.
• Gaddis, Lisa R., T. Hare and R. Beyer, 2014, Summary and abstracts of the Planetary Data Workshop, June 2012, USGS Open-File Report, 2014-1056.
• Gaddis, L.R., B.R. Hawke, M.S. Robinson, and C.R. Coombs, 2000, Compositional analyses of small lunar pyroclastic deposits using Clementine multispectral data, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 4245-4262.
• Gaddis, L.R., A.S. McEwen, and T. Becker, 1995, Recalibration of Galileo EM1 SSI data for the lunar limb and far side: The effects of scattered light removal, J. Geophys. Res.-Planets, 100, 26345-26355.
• Gaddis, L.R., P. Mouginis-Mark and J.N. Hayashi, 1990, Lava flow surface textures: SIR-B radar image texture, field observations, and terrain measurements, Photogramm. Eng. Rem. Sens., 56, 211-224.
• Gaddis, L.R., P. Mouginis-Mark, R. Singer and V. Kaupp, 1989, Geologic analyses of Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-B) data of Kilauea Volcano, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 101, 317-332.
• Gaddis, L.R., C.M. Pieters and B.R. Hawke, 1985, Remote sensing of lunar pyroclastic mantling deposits, Icarus, 61, 461-489.
• Gaddis, L.R., L.A. Soderblom, H.H. Kieffer, K.J. Becker, and K.F. Mullins, 1996, Decomposition of AVIRIS spectra: Extraction of spectral reflectance, atmospheric, and instrumental components, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens., 34, 163-178.
• Gaddis, L., M.I. Staid, J.A. Tyburczy, B.R. Hawke, and N. Petro, 2003, Compositions of Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits, Icarus 161/2, p. 262-280.
• Gaddis, L.R., and 19 others, 1999, Digital Mapping of the Mars Pathfinder Landing Site: Design, Acquisition, and Derivation of a of a Cartographic Product for Science Applications, Journal of Geophysical Research—Planets, 104, 8853-8868.
• Giguere, T.A., B.R. Hawke, L.R. Gaddis, D.T. Blewett, J.J. Gillis-Davis, P.G. Lucey, G.A. Smith, P.D. Spudis, and G.J. Taylor, Remote sensing studies of the Dionysius region of the Moon, J. Geophys. Res. 111, doi:10.1029/2005JE002639, 2006.
• Gustafson, J.O., J.F. Bell III, L.R. Gaddis, B.R. Hawke, and T.A. Giguere, 2012, Characterization of previously unidentified lunar pyroclastic deposits using LROC data, J. Geophys. Res., 117, E00H25, doi:10.1029/2011JE003893.
• Hagerty, J.J., D.J. Lawrence, B.R. Hawke, and L.R. Gaddis, 2009a, Thorium abundances on the Aristarchus Plateau:  Insight into the compositoin of the Aristarchus pyroclastic glass deposits, JGR, v. 114, E04002, doi: 10.1029/2008JE003262.
• Herkenhoff, K.E. and 22 others (including Gaddis), 2004, Textures of the Soils and Rocks at Gusev Crater from Spirit's Microscopic Imager, Science, 305, 5685, 824-826.
• Herkenhoff, K.E. and 31 others (including Gaddis), 2004, Evidence from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager for Water on Meridiani Planum, Science 306, 1727-1730.
• Herkenhoff, K.E. and 41 others (including Gaddis), Overview of the Microscopic Imager Investigation during Spirit.s first 450 sols in Gusev crater, J. Geophys. Res. 111, doi:10.1029/2005JE002574, 2006.
• Jawin, Erica R., Sebastien Besse, Lisa R. Gaddis, Jessica M. Sunshine, James W. Head, and Sara Mazrouei, 2015, Examining spectral variations in localized lunar dark mantle deposits, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JE004759.
• Johnson, J.R. and Gaddis, L., 1996, Modeling of fluidized ejecta emplacement over digital topography on Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 101, #E2, 4673-4682.
• Kirk, R.L., B.A. Archinal, L.R. Gaddis, and M.R. Rosiek, 2006, Cartography for lunar exploration: 2006 status and planned missions, International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS), XXXVI, Part 4, "Geospatial Databases for Sustainable Development", Goa, India.
• Kirk, R.L., E. Howington-Kraus, T. Hare, E. Dorrer, D. Cook, M. Gordon, K. Becker, R. Redding, J. Blue, E.M. Lee, L.R. Gaddis, J.R. Johnson, L.A. Soderblom, and A.W. Ward, 1999, Digital photogrammetric analysis of the IMP camera images: Mapping the Mars Pathfinder landing site in three dimensions, Journal of Geophysical Research.Planets, 104, 8869-8887.
• McEwen, A.S., L.R. Gaddis, G. Neukum, H. Hoffmann, C.M. Pieters and J.W. Head, III, 1993, Galileo observations of Post-Imbrium lunar craters during the first Earth-Moon flyby, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, v. 98, pp. 17207-17231.
• Pieters, C.M., J.W. Head III, L. Gaddis, B. Jolliff, and M. Duke, 2001, Rock Types of South Pole-Aitken Basin and Extent of Basaltic Volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 28001-28022.
• Shepard, M.K., B.A. Campbell, M.H. Bulmer, T.G. Farr, L.R. Gaddis, and J.J. Plaut, 2001, The Roughness of Natural Terrain. A Planetary and Remote Sensing Perspective. Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 106, p. 32,777.
• Smith, P.H. and 25 others (including Gaddis), 1997, Results from the Mars Pathfinder Camera, Science, 278, 1758-1764.
• Ward, A.W., L.R. Gaddis, R.L. Kirk, L.A. Soderblom, K.L. Tanaka, M.P. Golombek, T.J. Parker, R. Greeley, and R.O. Kuzmin, 1999, General geology and geomorphology of the Mars Pathfinder landing site, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 104, 8555-8571.